St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-24
SHOW FOR SETTLERS.
The Railroads Must Show Cause
for Holding Certain Lands.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-The secretary
of the interior to-day issues the follow
ing rule upon land grant railroads to
show cause why the order of withdrawal
from settlement of lands within their
indemnity limit should not be revoked
and the same opened to. settlement
entry:
1t appearing from the records of this de-
partment's orders Withdrawing lands from
settlement under the public land laws within
indemnity limits, that the following list of
land grant railroads are still existing and
that these several roads have either made Sc
lectionS OF all. lands to which they are re-
spectively entitled or selected, all lands liable
to such selection in lieu of those lots i'll place
within the limits of their respective grants,
viz: The South d North Alabama, Mobile
d Ohio River, Alabama d Florida,
Alabama IL Chattanooga i'll the state of Ala
bama; Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central Pen
sacola d Atlantic, Pensacola d Georgia,
Florida Il Alabama, in the state of Florida:
Burlington Il Missouri River, Chicago. Rock
Island Pacific, Cedar Rapids & Missouri
River, Dubuque d Pacific, Chicago, Mlwau-
kee d st. Paul in the state of Iowa: Illinois
Central, in the state of Illinois; Missouri,
Kansas IL Texas, st. Joseph d Denver, in the
state of Kansas; Pittsburg, Shreveport d.
Texas New Orleans d Pacific in the State of
Louisiana; Grand Rapids d Indiana. Flint &
Pere Marquette, Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw,
Marquette, HOughton Il Ontagonon, Chicago
d Northwestern. in the state of Michigan:
sonR CITY N WineSa St p Paul 8
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba main
line, Brainerd, Brainerd branch, Hast
inSs d Dakota, Lake Superior d Mississippi,
Minnesota Central. Northern Pacific, st. Vim
cent extension, in the state of Minnesota;
Mobile d Ohio River. Vicksburg Il Meridian,
in the state of Mississippi; Chicago d North
western, Chicago, St; Paul, Min
M RfaPSns Sr 4%aha Fa in Fa 11e
state of Wisconsin,; Northern Pacific i'll
Dakota territory; Northern Pacific, main
line, Kalama to Tenino Tenino to TACOMA,
Walulla to Spokane Falls, Spokane Falls to
Yakima to Ainsworth Ainsworth to Salank
Creek; Tacoma east % miles, % to 80 cast.
And 1t now appearing from said records
that there is not sufficient reason for longer
continuing in force said several orders of
withdrawal; now IL rule is hereby entered on
said several land grant railroad companies to
show cause on or before the 18th day of
June. 1887 why said several orders of with
drawal from settlement of lands within the
indemnify limits of their roads should not be
revoked, and the lands therein embraced
restored to settlement Returnable before
the secretary of the interior the 9th day of
June, 1887, at 10 o'clock a. IN.
l.. q. c. LAMAR, Secretary.
a RULE
similar in all respects, save as tOthe date
upon which it is returnable, June %,
1887, has been issued by the secretary to
those roads which have not informed
the interior department to what extent
they are entitled to lands within their
indemnity limits by reason of those lost
in place of their respective grants. The
following are named under this rule:
Alabama-CoOsa d Tennessee. Selma, Rome
d Dalton, Mobile & Girard; Florida-Florida
Railway d Navigation: Mississippi-Gulf &
Shore IslalId; Arkansas-St. Louis, Iron
Mountain d Southern; Michigan-Mar-
quette, Houghton IL Optonagon: Montana
Northern Pacific; Idaho-Northern Pacific
OregOn-N0rthern Pacific, Oregon d Cali
fornia; Observation-Disclosures & Oregon.
Southern Pacific, main line, Southern Pacific,
branch line; New Mexico-Atlantic x Pa,
ciic; Arizona-Atlantic d Pacific: Oregon
Oregon Central, wagon road Dalles, mill
tary wagon road.